Hungary’s gas storage facilities are over 70% full. This current capacity puts the country in the third best position in Europe in terms of the amount of gas stored compared to annual gas consumption, the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority said in a statement released to the media last week.
Hungary’s gas storage facilities are over 70% full. This current capacity puts the country in the third best position in Europe in terms of the amount of gas stored compared to annual gas consumption, the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority said in a statement released to the media last week.
The Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority said that on September 19, gas storage facilities were 70.11% full and the total volume of gas stored reached 4.44 billion cubic metres. This amount equals 112.26% of Hungary’s annual residential gas consumption, it added.
In terms of the amount of gas stored compared to total annual gas consumption, Hungary stood at 40.55%, behind two countries that also store transit gas: Austria with 72.91% and Slovakia with 53.39%.
In line with the schedule included in European Union regulations on gas storage, Hungary must store 35% of its five-year average consumption by November 1, which equals 3.65 billion cubic metres, the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority said. Owing to fast storage filling in Hungary, it has already filled 42.57% of the country’s total average consumption spread across the past five years in underground facilities, it added.
“Gas supplies in Hungary are undisturbed and the filling of storage facilities is progressing as normal,” the authority said.
